http://dir.salon.com/topics/womens_health/?source=rss&aim=womens_health en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST By Tracy Clark-Flory Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/02/04/menstruation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/02/04/menstruation/index.html?source=rss The drug Lybrel promises to free women from their monthly curse. But today it's a sales pitch that seems hopelessly outdated. Carol Lloyd Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/25/thyroid/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/25/thyroid/index.html?source=rss A New Age doctor blames hypothyroidism on women's behavior. Tracy Clark-Flory Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/06/08/pregnancy_prevention/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/06/08/pregnancy_prevention/index.html?source=rss But conservatives are still fighting comprehensive sex ed, family planning and access to contraceptives. Lynn Harris Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/06/06/embryo_research/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/06/06/embryo_research/index.html?source=rss But we also need to know more about the embryos they come from. By Frances Kissling Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/05/11/kissling/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/05/11/kissling/index.html?source=rss By upholding the ban on "partial-birth" abortion, the Supreme Court has injected rigid Catholic teaching into law. That's a crime against the Constitution and women. Carol Lloyd Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/05/04/health/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/05/04/health/index.html?source=rss Also, bad news for lefty ladies. Tracy Clark-Flory Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/04/18/breasts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/04/18/breasts/index.html?source=rss Jane Magazine rounds up photos of 23 topless women to "show the world that we're all perfect." Catherine Price Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/27/budget/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/27/budget/index.html?source=rss Is this the beginning of the end for the Office of Women's Health? Carol Lloyd Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/15/health/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/15/health/index.html?source=rss A new model for assessing women's risk of heart attacks. Lynn Harris Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/04/05/glamour/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/04/05/glamour/index.html?source=rss And ideally, more women's mags will expose their good writing on their Web sites. Lori Leibovich Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/10/pill/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/10/pill/index.html?source=rss New evidence suggests that oral contraceptives may squash women's sex drive. Rebecca Traister Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/05/05/vaccine/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/05/05/vaccine/index.html?source=rss The Family Research Council wants to block a vaccine that may prevent human papillomavirus (HPV), the STD thought to cause around 70 percent of cervical cancer cases. By Gretchen Cook Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/27/birth_control/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/27/birth_control/index.html?source=rss The right has moved its war on abortion from the clinic to the pharmacy, where it now seeks to cripple the sale of contraceptives. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/04/15/kamen/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/04/15/kamen/index.html?source=rss Paula Kamen has had a headache for 14 years. Her unlikely and often hilarious memoir explores the secret history of women and pain, and introduces us to a new (but very old) social phenomenon: The Tired Girls. By Trisha Posner Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/07/10/hrt/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/07/10/hrt/index.html?source=rss It's been more than 50 years since studies first sounded the alarm about hormone replacement therapy. Women, silenced by shame, have been guinea pigs of the pharmaceutical industry for too long. By Carmen Winant Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/05/17/vagina/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/05/17/vagina/index.html?source=rss Life is one long vagina monologue for this precocious teen, the daughter of a sex educator. By Jack Boulware Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/world/2000/04/27/condoms/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/world/2000/04/27/condoms/index.html?source=rss Japanese women now have their own condoms. By Amy Standen Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/03/22/anger/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/03/22/anger/index.html?source=rss A new study shows women can keep anger in and still be OK. By Georgie Binks Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/01/27/anorexia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/01/27/anorexia/index.html?source=rss Not everyone is destroyed by eating disorders. By Kevin Giordano Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/12/22/false_memory/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/12/22/false_memory/index.html?source=rss As women bring lawsuits, therapists are having to pay for their mistakes. By Eleanor Stacy Parker Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/08/19/biopsy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/08/19/biopsy/index.html?source=rss Medical tests revealed a most insidious disease: Fear. -- Jon Bowen Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/health/log/1999/04/27/sjogren_syndrome/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/log/1999/04/27/sjogren_syndrome/index.html?source=rss You don't know what it is, but you might have it. By Nancy Evans Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/04/26/interstitial_cystitis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/04/26/interstitial_cystitis/index.html?source=rss Interstitial cystitis causes excruciating pain -- but some doctors deny it even exists. By Jenn Shreve Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/11/30/feature949537669/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/11/30/feature949537669/index.html?source=rss